Hill, Albert G., 1910-1996
Albert G. Hill lecture, My Experiences with McCarthys Impact on Defense-Related Laboratories and Issues of Security, [videorecording], 1976 January 12.
In this lecture, held at MIT on January 12, 1976, Albert G. Hill discusses the post-World War II historical context for McCarthyism. Subjects include: The two-sided natural of the conflicts which arose between the US and Russia; How political gain was at the heart of anti-communist attacks; How lies and repetition were used to create and spread fear in the U.S. Senate; The Industrial Review Board and the issue of security clearance revocations; How anti-LGBTQ prejudice mixed with anti-communist motions; The Alger Hiss case; Cases at the Signal Corps Engineering Laboratory at Fort Monmouth, NJ; The case of MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the Cambridge Association of Scientists; Hills experience being asked to review colleagues under suspicion. At the end of his talk, Hill takes questions from the audience.
Albert Gordon Hill received a BS in mechanical engineering (1930) from Washington University in St. Louis and, after serving two years with Bell Telephone Laboratories, a MS in physics (1934). He received a PhD in physics from the University of Rochester in 1937. He was an instructor in physics at MIT from 1937 to 1941, then became a staff member of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT, which was developing radar for use in World War II. Later, he became the second director of Lincoln Lab. In 1956, Dr. Hill was called to Washington to serve as director for the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group and vice president and director of research for the Institute for Defense Analyses. He returned to MIT in 1959 and resumed teaching physics. In 1965, he also became a lecturer in the Department of Political Science.
Hill, Albert G., 1910-1996
Hiss, Alger
Lincoln Laboratory
Anti-communist movements -- United States.
McCarthyism.
Military administration -- Political aspects.
Security clearances.
Science and ethics.
Science and state
World War, 1939-1945
Soviet Union
Video recordings.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA